Refactor issue template parsing and fix API endpoint (#29069)

The old code `GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(...) ([]*api.IssueTemplate,
map[string]error)` doesn't really follow Golang's habits, then the
second returned value might be misused. For example, the API function
`GetIssueTemplates` incorrectly checked the second returned value and
always responds 500 error.

This PR refactors GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch to
ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch and clarifies its behavior, and fixes the
API endpoint bug, and adds some tests.

And by the way, add proper prefix `X-` for the header generated in
`checkDeprecatedAuthMethods`, because non-standard HTTP headers should
have `X-` prefix, and it is also consistent with the new code in
`GetIssueTemplates`

routers/api/v1/api.go

@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func individualPermsChecker(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 // check for and warn against deprecated authentication options
 func checkDeprecatedAuthMethods(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	if ctx.FormString("token") != "" || ctx.FormString("access_token") != "" {
-		ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Warning", "token and access_token API authentication is deprecated and will be removed in gitea 1.23. Please use AuthorizationHeaderToken instead. Existing queries will continue to work but without authorization.")
+		ctx.Resp.Header().Set("X-Gitea-Warning", "token and access_token API authentication is deprecated and will be removed in gitea 1.23. Please use AuthorizationHeaderToken instead. Existing queries will continue to work but without authorization.")
 	}
 }
 

routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1161,12 +1162,11 @@ func GetIssueTemplates(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/IssueTemplates"
 	//   "404":
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/notFound"
-	ret, err := issue.GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	ret := issue.ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
-	if err != nil {
+	if cnt := len(ret.TemplateErrors); cnt != 0 {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch", err)
+		ctx.Resp.Header().Add("X-Gitea-Warning", "error occurs when parsing issue template: count="+strconv.Itoa(cnt))
-		return
 	}
-	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, ret)
+	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, ret.IssueTemplates)
 }
 
 // GetIssueConfig returns the issue config for a repo

routers/web/repo/issue.go

@@ -993,17 +993,17 @@ func NewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 	ctx.Data["Tags"] = tags
 
-	_, templateErrs := issue_service.GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	ret := issue_service.ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
 	templateLoaded, errs := setTemplateIfExists(ctx, issueTemplateKey, IssueTemplateCandidates)
 	for k, v := range errs {
-		templateErrs[k] = v
+		ret.TemplateErrors[k] = v
 	}
 	if ctx.Written() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if len(templateErrs) > 0 {
+	if len(ret.TemplateErrors) > 0 {
-		ctx.Flash.Warning(renderErrorOfTemplates(ctx, templateErrs), true)
+		ctx.Flash.Warning(renderErrorOfTemplates(ctx, ret.TemplateErrors), true)
 	}
 
 	ctx.Data["HasIssuesOrPullsWritePermission"] = ctx.Repo.CanWrite(unit.TypeIssues)
@@ -1046,11 +1046,11 @@ func NewIssueChooseTemplate(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.issues.new")
 	ctx.Data["PageIsIssueList"] = true
 
-	issueTemplates, errs := issue_service.GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	ret := issue_service.ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
-	ctx.Data["IssueTemplates"] = issueTemplates
+	ctx.Data["IssueTemplates"] = ret.IssueTemplates
 
-	if len(errs) > 0 {
+	if len(ret.TemplateErrors) > 0 {
-		ctx.Flash.Warning(renderErrorOfTemplates(ctx, errs), true)
+		ctx.Flash.Warning(renderErrorOfTemplates(ctx, ret.TemplateErrors), true)
 	}
 
 	if !issue_service.HasTemplatesOrContactLinks(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo) {

routers/web/repo/milestone.go

@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ func MilestoneIssuesAndPulls(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	issues(ctx, milestoneID, projectID, util.OptionalBoolNone)
 
-	ret, _ := issue.GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	ret := issue.ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
-	ctx.Data["NewIssueChooseTemplate"] = len(ret) > 0
+	ctx.Data["NewIssueChooseTemplate"] = len(ret.IssueTemplates) > 0
 
 	ctx.Data["CanWriteIssues"] = ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(false)
 	ctx.Data["CanWritePulls"] = ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(true)

services/issue/template.go

@@ -109,21 +109,23 @@ func IsTemplateConfig(path string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch checks for issue templates in the repo's default branch,
+// ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch parses the issue templates in the repo's default branch,
-// returns valid templates and the errors of invalid template files.
+// returns valid templates and the errors of invalid template files (the errors map is guaranteed to be non-nil).
-func GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository) ([]*api.IssueTemplate, map[string]error) {
+func ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository) (ret struct {
-	var issueTemplates []*api.IssueTemplate
+	IssueTemplates []*api.IssueTemplate
-
+	TemplateErrors map[string]error
+},
+) {
+	ret.TemplateErrors = map[string]error{}
 	if repo.IsEmpty {
-		return issueTemplates, nil
+		return ret
 	}
 
 	commit, err := gitRepo.GetBranchCommit(repo.DefaultBranch)
 	if err != nil {
-		return issueTemplates, nil
+		return ret
 	}
 
-	invalidFiles := map[string]error{}
 	for _, dirName := range templateDirCandidates {
 		tree, err := commit.SubTree(dirName)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ func GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repositor
 		entries, err := tree.ListEntries()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Debug("list entries in %s: %v", dirName, err)
-			return issueTemplates, nil
+			return ret
 		}
 		for _, entry := range entries {
 			if !template.CouldBe(entry.Name()) {
@@ -141,16 +143,16 @@ func GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repositor
 			}
 			fullName := path.Join(dirName, entry.Name())
 			if it, err := template.UnmarshalFromEntry(entry, dirName); err != nil {
-				invalidFiles[fullName] = err
+				ret.TemplateErrors[fullName] = err
 			} else {
 				if !strings.HasPrefix(it.Ref, "refs/") { // Assume that the ref intended is always a branch - for tags users should use refs/tags/<ref>
 					it.Ref = git.BranchPrefix + it.Ref
 				}
-				issueTemplates = append(issueTemplates, it)
+				ret.IssueTemplates = append(ret.IssueTemplates, it)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return issueTemplates, invalidFiles
+	return ret
 }
 
 // GetTemplateConfigFromDefaultBranch returns the issue config for this repo.
@@ -179,8 +181,8 @@ func GetTemplateConfigFromDefaultBranch(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repo
 }
 
 func HasTemplatesOrContactLinks(repo *repo.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository) bool {
-	ret, _ := GetTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo, gitRepo)
+	ret := ParseTemplatesFromDefaultBranch(repo, gitRepo)
-	if len(ret) > 0 {
+	if len(ret.IssueTemplates) > 0 {
 		return true
 	}
 

tests/integration/api_issue_templates_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestAPIIssueTemplateList(t *testing.T) {
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
+		var issueTemplates []*api.IssueTemplate
+
+		user := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{Name: "user2"})
+		repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{OwnerName: "user2", Name: "repo1"})
+
+		// no issue template
+		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/user2/repo1/issue_templates")
+		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+		issueTemplates = nil
+		DecodeJSON(t, resp, &issueTemplates)
+		assert.Empty(t, issueTemplates)
+
+		// one correct issue template and some incorrect issue templates
+		err := createOrReplaceFileInBranch(user, repo, ".gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tmpl-ok.md", repo.DefaultBranch, `----
+name: foo
+about: bar
+----
+`)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = createOrReplaceFileInBranch(user, repo, ".gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tmpl-err1.yml", repo.DefaultBranch, `name: '`)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = createOrReplaceFileInBranch(user, repo, ".gitea/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tmpl-err2.yml", repo.DefaultBranch, `other: `)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/user2/repo1/issue_templates")
+		resp = MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+		issueTemplates = nil
+		DecodeJSON(t, resp, &issueTemplates)
+		assert.Len(t, issueTemplates, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", issueTemplates[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "error occurs when parsing issue template: count=2", resp.Header().Get("X-Gitea-Warning"))
+	})
+}